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Hundreds of construction and infrastructure projects across Ohio can now move forward with state funding after Gov. Mike DeWine signed the state’s $3.7 billion capital budget Monday. His signature was the final step in a months-long budget process and will release funding for projects ranging from water and sewer upgrades to museum expansions and community…

Funding for school facilities, both building new ones and maintaining existing buildings, is growing more unpopular at the ballot box, an Idaho EdNews analysis of 10 years of election data shows. A school bond hasn’t passed since May 2024, more than four election cycles.

Public school closures are increasing across Texas as districts face historic enrollment declines and mounting financial pressure.  Despite Texas’ continued population growth, public schools lost 76,000 students in the past school year—the first nonpandemic decline in nearly four decades. Districts across the state are consolidating and shuttering campuses in response to the decline, setting the…

Iowa schools are losing out on millions of dollars that the state is redirecting to property tax relief, putting some schools at risk of defaulting on bonds taken out to fund facility projects. More than 100 Iowa school districts were put on a watch list by S&P Global — a financial information company that provides…

Construction will start next week on new Career Technical Education Maker Spaces in three middle schools and expanded classrooms in Weeks Middle School.

At this month’s school board meeting later this month, I will be proposing to modernize Miami-Dade County Public Schools’ (M-DCPS) attendance boundary, student assignment and school planning processes. The goal is to create a system that is more transparent, predictable, accessible and responsive to the realities facing today’s students and families.  

From Guam's executive office, two pieces of legislation have been signed into law aimed at strengthening Guam's public education system through higher standards in student mental health services and continued investment in school facilities.

The Boise School District is working on a number of facilities projects this summer, including parking lot construction and HVAC upgrades at several of its schools. Many of the projects are already underway and are expected to be completed before the start of next school year.  

As school districts nationwide confront declining student enrollment, reduced funding, expiring pandemic relief funding and budget shortfalls, conversations about school closures and so-called rightsizing are intensifying. From large urban systems to smaller districts, leaders are under pressure to consolidate and reduce costs while still accelerating academic recovery for students

Every time storms threaten the Tidewater region, Superintendent David Daniel worries the next round of severe weather could cripple Mathews County Public Schools’ aging environmental system, forcing classroom closures and creating safety risks for students. In one case, the storm did just that. Moisture overwhelmed the elementary school’s heating, ventilation and cooling system, causing water…